How to Make a Pumpkin Roll // Halloween Dessert!

Pumpkin rolls are the ULTIMATE autumn/Halloween-time treat. Why? Pumpkin + cream cheese + spices!! 'Nuff said!

Today's video is a *BONUS* video for you! I'm posting today -- in addition to my usual Friday upload -- to say THANK YOU to all of you for watching my Keep It Quirky PODCAST PILOT episode last week (featuring the wonderful Julie Nolke of Feeling Peckish).

I was inspired to make this pumpkin roll recipe for two reasons:
1. My dear friend in the States, Natalie, is the queen of making pumpkin rolls once fall hits! She and I were roommates in NYC years ago, and whenever I think of pumpkin rolls, I think of her. I was missing her, so I couldn't think of a better way to pretend like we're together.
2. I was recently approached by this cool simulation game, called Home Street, to show their thousands of users how to cook with pumpkin! (Evidently, it's not an ingredient that's frequently used in the kitchen here in the UK!)

SO, I hope you make this recipe! It's really delicious (recipe below). And why not check out Home Street Game? Get ready for the Halloween event -- launching Oct. 17, for 10 days in the app. (Available on Android and Apple).

Even me -- non-gamer extraordinaire -- is going to check it out!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

QKatie's pumpkin roll recipe:
(first made by mistake, then realizing how delicious it was to incorporate the cream cheese into the cake...it became official!)....

Wet ingredients:
-3 eggs
-mix those together with 1 cup of granulated sugar
-add 170grams or 6 oz cream cheese
and
-275 grams/approx. a cup of pumpkin puree

Dry ingredients:
-whisk together 3/4 cup/170g all-purpose flour
-1 teaspoon ground ginger
-1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture until well combined and then spread it on greased parchment paper on a jellyroll pan.

Put in the oven at 190 celsius / 375 fahrenheit for 15 minutes, then let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes.

Slowly and gently roll this up and let it cool in the refrigerator for about 45 minutes.

Meanwhile, make your frosting by beating together:
-225g unsalted butter (or one 1/2 cup stick)
-3 cups/375g of icing (or confectioner's) sugar
-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
-3 tablespoons cream cheese

-Chop about 1 cup/80g pecans

-Fold the pecans into the frosting

[Some recipes will leave out the nuts, so you can leave them out if you'd rather!]

Unroll the rolled cake and spread the frosting on top, then re-roll and refrigerate until ready to serve.

When ready to serve, trim off the ends and dust with a bit of icing/confectioner's sugar. Slice, and enjoy!

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[jfr]

This why I love you!! 🎃 Added to my favorites and shortly going in my belly! Thanks for making the measurements easy for us here in the US as well!
#keepitquirky #fallfavorite 🍂🍁🍂🍁

[scodynamik]

Katie, I like your how to make a pumpkin roll video too. Katie, I found you to be a delightful, fun and beautiful character. You are very entertaining and lovely. Again I thought you and your videos were refreshing, groovy, genial, relishable, gratifying and enchanting. Thanks Katie, I love your videos. From George William Testado Opio.

[hetane]

will it work with honey or blended dates instead of sugar ?